Nonsence, Wratten and Day had no axe to grind and it is not true that no one at High Wycombe agreed. 'This problem began much earlier in the RAF' what is that supposed to mean? The problem began just short of the Mull. It may not be the custom to pin gross negligence without proof absolute, OK, but how else can you explain this accident? The procedure in those conditions would be to slow down, mantain visual referrences and if necessary land on the beach, so why didn't they? All the nonsence about the aircrafts fitness to fly in icing, fadec problems etc etc are red herrings. We haven't, before or after this incident, had Chinooks throwing themselves into rocks and it is very very improbable that this one did, and after all, if the crew were concerned that this could happen perhaps a good idea would be to avoid the conditions that would make handling the issue impossible.